Silent, yes, of course; who talks aloud when walking alone on the street. Silent, but not every young girl appears silent be- cause she keeps silent. And yet this is the first, the deepest quality in a young girl; it actually is her deeper nature, which can very well be united with a cheerful, lively, innocently happy talkativeness on the surface—silent—thoughtfully she looks down at her feet, her head is, as it were, too heavy, and yet she holds it lightly, her blonde heavy hair weighs down 572 Supplement In margin of final draft; see 379:25: Deleted from sketch; see 379:26-32: Fortunately I have my uncle’s house. It perhaps would be difficult to find its equal in a short time. It is usually called a hospitable house; I would rather call it a public house, that is, the kind that only a particular group frequents—for example, the tailors’ guildhall—here only engaged people come. I al- ways come here fairly often in order to have the pleasure of the company of the engaged—the fact that I myself have become engaged has created quite a sensation in the club. —I shall soon make my entry now. —This house is just like a certain area in Jylland that people call the Dry Goods Merchants’ Jerusalem, the Jerusalem of the engaged. If I wanted to impart to a young man a distaste for tobacco, I would take him to Regensen; if I want to impart to a young girl a distaste for being engaged, I would introduce her here.—Pap. III B 99 n.d., 1841-42 Deleted from draft; see 379: 37-380: 1: One cannot blame Cordelia for finding distasteful the amo- rous tangibilities of these engaged people, these bunglings of lovesick workmen.—Pap. HI B 115 n.d., 1841-42 Deleted addition to Pap. Il] B 99; see 380:2-15: Incessantly one hears a sound as if someone were going around with a flyswatter—it is the lovers’ kissing—I make a move to do something similar, however much I almost have to force myself, merely to upset Cordelia. —On the whole, I can guarantee perfect esthetic treatment to any girl who en- Either/Or, I 573 trusts herself to me—it only ends with her being deceived, but this, too, is part of my esthetics.—Pap. HI B 100 n.d., 1841-42 From final draft; see 380: 14-17: It would be interesting if some literary drudge could be found to count up—see the blue book.—Pap. Ill B 136 n.d., 1842 Deleted from sketch; see 380:34: lam having apparte [unusual] enjoyment these days from the good folks who believe that I am an utterly new beginner in the realm of the erotic. These situations are priceless—experi- enced married men who are no longer able to make conquests now revive themselves by fastening themselves to the newly engaged in order to feel how far along one is in it etc. I thank them for good advice—I also perceive from this that the more concrete one becomes in life the more ridiculous the whole of life becomes. Hitherto I have always been secretive about my affairs; it has its advantages, but now I simultaneously have se- crecy and its aroma and the ludicrousness of publicity.—Pap. II B 102 n.d., 1841-42 From final draft; see 381:10-12: And although I no doubt have lived a fairly interesting life and could easily make it tempting for a young girl, I shall, however, always reject this means, for ifsuch means were nec- essary | would be convinced that love itself is not the absolute.
In margin: At any rate, what I seek is, namely, not a his- tory—of that I have had enough—but immediacy.—Pap. III B 64:1 n.d., 1841-42 From final draft; see 381:12-13: A daeiene not until that moment do they exist for each other, and while nature gives birth only piecemeal, erotic love gives birth in pairs, wholes, totalities. So it always ought to be in the 574 Supplement beginning; later on one can use past life as a tempting secret.— Pap. Il B 64:2 n.d., 1841-42 From sketch: see 383:24-28: wPasios Ge you become angry with me, although wrongly so, since you do not know how guilty Iam—I prefer to begin with a girl’s being angry with me— —Pap. III B79 n.d., 1841-42 From final draft; see 383:37-384:5: I owe it to friends and relatives—in short, to the whole hu- man race. It is indeed glorious to work for the whole; such a general power of attorney in the name of humanity gives one’s personality a high degree of meaning.—Pap. III B 80 nd., 1841-42 Deleted from sketch; see 384:23-385:4: Right now I am concentrating on making the engagement [Forlovelse] ludicrous—I certainly am no good as an engaged person, and yet I engage [forlove] to bring her to the point of never again becoming engaged. —Meanwhile it is a matter of luring it out of her, after putting it in myself, lest she become suspicious and seesaw all the higher the more strength she feels within herself. To become engaged means only to say: By your leave.—Pap. III B 98 n.d., 1841-42 From final draft; see 385:17: In this way we are suited to each other. In margin: Charlotte Hahn —Pap. Ill B 65 n.d., 1841-42 From final draft; see 387:5-6: In this respect I must see to acquiring a caricature.
Either/Or, I 575 In margin of final draft; see 388:7-15: Today I have written her a little epistle, as aphoristic and tangential as possible. It requires to quite an extent my inter- pretation, and that is also the intention. —Whiat she receives in writing from me she very likely rereads often; thus it must be of such a nature that it provides no sure footing, but it can be what it will, depending on how her own mood interprets it. I place the accent upon her and her art. When in the fullness of time I make it impossible for her in every way, then she herself will become the one who first loses interest.—Pap. III B 66:2 n.d., 1841-42 In margin of final draft; see 388:19-20: a Serre this position has sympathy, but still not the erotic.— Pap. Ill B 66:3 n.d., 1841-42 In margin of final draft; see 390:29-391:5: N.B. with respect to actio in distans, in which he appears to have an eye on the time— —Pap. III B 137 n.d., 1842 Deleted from sketch; see 392; 31-37: When we were leaving my uncle’s last night, she shook my hand with unusual passion—she has really felt distressed there, and no wonder; if I did not always find amusement in observ- ing these remarkable unnatural affectations, I could not possi- bly hold out. Consequently, I am now beginning to elicit the idea from her that it would be best to break the engagement. It must be her idea, for otherwise she will not have sufficient elasticity, and in another way her erotic love will not react so 576 Supplement strongly. —The handshake sufficiently demonstrates to me what I dare to hope.—Pap. III B 101 n.d., 1841-42 In margin of final draft; see 393:3: From final draft; see 394:36: PRCRC RC he actually reminds me of the steadfast tin soldier, and I cannot help laughing every time I think of their common fate of falling under a gutter plank.—Pap. III B 71:2 n.d., 1841- 42 From final draft; see 395:3-9: On the contrary, the more] see the girl, the more she pleases me. I now go slowly to the pastry shop on the other side; until shortly before twelve she attends to her job. She is diligent; I like that. The last five minutes before twelve, she is a bit rest- less.—Pap. III B 71:3 n.d., 1841-42 From draft; see 396:14-35: To wait in vain this way is almost too much. Now my ser- vant has waited six hours, I myself two, in rain and wind, and we have found nothing. Every trace of her has vanished. It is due to not being sufficiently attentive; when one is dealing with girls one has to have an eye on every finger. There was a nymph, Cardea [similar to 396:32-35]. On the whole, it could be quite interesting if some literary hack could be found to count up in all the various folk legends, tales, and myths in which it is a girl who deceives a man how often it is aman who deceives a girl, in order to determine which sex in the judg- Either/Or, I 577 ment of centuries is the faithful one.—Pap. HI B 74 n.d., 1841- 42 In margin of Pap. It B 74; see 385:18-22; 396: 14-28: ite just to get a smile from Charlotte Hahn (conse- quently, this actio in distans must be used in the previous part). It lends itself superbly, evokes a mood that I owe to Corde- lia.—Pap. Il] B75 n.d., 1841-42 From sketch; see 356:19-24; 396:14-28: Sie singen sch6n und geigen Ob nicht eine siissvertraumtes Kind Am Fenster mocht erscheinen [They sing beautifully and play the violin To see whether a sweet dreamy child Might appear at the window].'° Then the little maiden is up before the devil gets his shoes on.
and what is the entire reward that I am asking—a smile from her, she is so beautiful when she smiles. —I do not ask more and would not accept it if it were offered me. Thus one ought to see immediately what each person is able to give and not ask for more. It is another matter with my Cordelia; with regard to her, 1am unable to give up anything, but that is because she is able to give everything.—Pap. III B 90 n.d., 1841-42 See 405:9: There is a place out in Gribs forest that is called the Nook of Eight Paths.'°* The name is very appealing to me.—JP V 5643 (Pap. IV A 81) n.d., 1843 Il B 156 180 Il B 156 181 578 Supplement From final draft; see 406:26: tite leks the bass voice in The White Lady'5 —Pap. II] B 155 n.d., 1842 From final draft; see 407:33: To be omitted M.C.
What a long time it is since I saw you. In the finite sense, it surely is not so, but then what is the finite understanding able to grasp? It does not comprehend that it is long when I have not seen you for half a day; it comprehends equally little that the minute in which I do see you is long. But patience, and yet how does one learn patience? By praying. So this is my ritual. You know that a rosary has two kinds of pearls, large and small; a paternoster is prayed for each large pearl, and for each small one an Ave Maria. My rosary likewise has large and small [pearls]. For every large pearl on a rosary, there are ten small ones. I let the string of pearls run through my fingers; for every small pearl I say ““Your’’; for every large one “My.” Is that not right? Should it not be so? My distracted, multiple soul, unlike yours, cannot concentrate on one thing; therefore I must say “Your” ten times for every time I say “My,” for when I say “My,” I know that it is something much more complete and whole when I say ‘“‘Your.” Not as if I or the least part of me should belong to another; no, but I, unfortunately, am intrinsically multiple. When you, however, call yourself “My,” your whole soul is concentrated in it, and I am amazed only that you have chosen me among the multiplicity of hu- man beings; it is as amazing as God’s having chosen the earth among the multiplicity of worlds.
However, since each prayer is not especially long, does not demand any time, I am able to run through my rosary much faster, yet not in the sense of my not reflecting on my prayer; on the contrary I do a lot of reflecting, either by sinking into contemplation when I say “My” or cheering myself up when I say “Your.” But since the words also resemble each other, it Either/Or, I 579 sometimes happens that the sameness of the motion makes me dizzy. “My” and ‘“‘Your”’ become confused for me. In this blessed intoxication, I cannot distinguish between “My” and “Your.” It is in this condition that I write this letter—and yet there is a higher intoxication. Your Joh. —Pap. II B 156 n.d., 1842 From sketch; see 409:12-14: Si Bat it is annoying to ride backwards that way in a car- riage and down such a long street—the position cannot be changed—you cannot avoid my glance.—Pap. III B 96 n.d., 1841-42 See 410:29-36: Situation: A seducer who already has the love of several girls on his conscience becomes enamored of a girl whom he loves to the extent that he does not have the heart to seduce her, but neither can he really decide to take up with her. He happens to see someone with a striking resemblance to her; he seduces her in order that in this pleasure he can enjoy the other.—JP V 5540 (Pap. Ill A 187) n.d., 1841 From sketch; see 410:29-36: This is the interesting aspect of the beginning; one looks down the main road, as it were, and sees how this side road turns and twists. I had the good fortune once of paying my re- spects to a dancer. I did not love her, but she had a striking re- semblance to someone else—I saw her the first time—speedily found out her address—forgot her—after a month discovered that since that time I had seen her every time she danced—in- deed, had paid triple the theater price in order to see her. — Now I looked down the main road.—Pap. III B 179:16 n.d., 1841-42 580 Supplement From journal; see 410:29-36: Here in Berlin, a Demoiselle Hedevig Schulze, a singer from Vienna, performs the part of Elvira.'°° She is very beautiful, decisive in bearing; in height, in the way she walks and dresses (black silk dress, bare neck, white gloves), she strikingly re- sembles a young lady I knew. It is a strange coincidence. I must really use a little power against myself in order to dislodge this impression.—JP V 5541 (Pap. III A 190) n.d., 1841 From final draft; see 410:31: Ata theater in Vienna —Pap. Til B 76:1 n.d., 1841-42 From final draft; see 412:5-6: ite laisees attaching itself firmly, dialectically, around its one and only object, more inflexibly than an evil conscience em- braces a sinner’s soul. Her embrace will not be hiatic, nor her kiss sibilant.—Pap. IIIf B 160:2 n.d., 1842 From final draft; see 412:17: dares insofar as she would wish any other reading; I gen- erally am extremely careful in this respect as in every other, lest she suspect any design on my part.—Pap. III B 160:4 #.d., 1842 From draft; see 412:18-415:16: Fredriksberg. Gold and money dazzle the eyes that I must understand. Perhaps a little rendezvous can be arranged in a little side street where no one but the echo of the distant music knows Either/Or, I 581 about it. —You are really dressed up, aren’t you; that little scarf, true there is a little spot on it, but you have prudently concealed it—for a maidservant you are really beautiful—Do you think that I insult you by saying for a maidservant—on the contrary, I am very fond of maidservants—If you accompany me, I will explain many things about fine ladies to you; you surely have often wished that you were a fine and rich lady— It will be easy to make arrangements for a clergyman—Pap. III B 86 n.d., 1841-42 From sketch; see 412:18-415:16: A few scenes from Charlottenlund, from Dyrehaug life— evening light—the dancing scenes out there would also be very usable. —A rendezvous in the remote areas of the forest that is disturbed; it is lacking in taste that maidservants always have to wear hats when they go to the forest. It is better at Fredriksberg. There they are bareheaded; that is the way a maidservant should be. How gorgeous she is otherwise.— Pap. Ill B 94 n.d., 1842-43 From sketch; see 412:18-413:30: Siig "ek it is summer time she slips, lightly and properly dressed—she struggles—what grace—modesty— is it comic or tragic that a young girl falls. —Pap. Ill B 88 n.d., 1841-42 From sketch; see 412:35-413:3: Be careful girls. Because it is night and the forest is illumi- nated, you believe it is all right to look boldly at us men. Watch out. I know how to reimburse myself for a look like that.—Pap. III B 82 n.d., 1841-42 582 Supplement Addition to Pap. III B 86; see 414:12-25: Dn biee a such a little miss. She is thinking about her sweet- heart; she is engaged to a servant in an aristocratic family or perhaps even to a coachman who has served in the cavalry; the cleverest fellows are that. —Or she is thinking about becom- ing engaged to a handsome fellow like that, and then she thinks about getting married. She even goes to hear the pastor read the marriage banns from the pulpit—he may become a policeman, a street commissioner, perhaps a fireman, a porter, etc.—if not these, a watchman. But a watchman has the defect that he must not live on the street where he calls—as long as he is engaged, there can be no harm in such an innocent infatua- tion—I realize very well that such things happen, but then the watchman lieutenant is ignorant of—Pap. III B 87 n.d., 1841- 42 From final draft; see 416:2: Therefore, the person who is unable to write letters and notes never becomes a dangerous seducer.—Pap. III B 161:1 n.d., 1842 Deleted from sketch; see 416:13-417:23: A Contribution to a Theory of the Kiss a prize essay dedicated to all doting lovers by the author.
There are many things between heaven and earth, they say, which no philosopher has explored. Among those things is also this realm. This might be because philosophers do not think about such things. More likely there are other reasons.
Either/Or, I 583 The most ambiguous kiss is the one given in the Christmas game of forfeit—it can be all or nothing— the masculine kiss a stolen kiss the conjugal domestic kiss with which married people wipe each other’s mouth. —JP Ill 2393 (Pap. Il B 106) n.d., 1841-42 From sketch; see 417:3-23: The kiss can be classified according to duration. Musical tones are also classified in this way. Here we see the different meanings of time. In the tonal world, time is also asserted, but abstractly; it enters into no relationship to the idea, and the his- torical does not manifest itself. With respect to the kiss, the first one, for example, the fact that it is the first one, has enor- mous significance, and the last one, the fact that it is the last one. This has no place in the tonal world; it would be ridicu- lous.—JP IH 2394 (Pap. III B 114) n.d., 1841-42 Deleted from sketch; see 417:25-33: My Solomon says: A good answer is like a sweet kiss. You know that I am well known, yes, almost unpopular, because I am always asking questions. Ah, they do not know what I am asking about. Only you know what I am asking about, only you can answer. O, give me an answer. Only you can give me a good answer, for a good answer, says Solomon, is like a From final draft; see 418:3-6: What Plato emphasizes here especially is the significance of touch.—Pap. III B 162:1 n.d., 1842 584 Supplement See 418:8-11: My girl—the Latinist says of an alert listener: pendet ex ore alicujus [hangs on someone’s lips]. He is thinking particularly of the ear that picks up what it hears, carries it through the se- cret passage of the ear, and hides it deep within. We say it with a completely different meaning, for how do I hang continually on your lips, how alert I am, yes, an exceptionally alert lis- tener, so that even if nothing is said, I still hear the beating of your heart.—JP V 5502 (Pap. Il A 134) n.d., 1841 From final draft; see 418:8-11: Like a pupil, I hang on your lips, not on your words, but I imbibe your being.—Pap. III B 162:2 n.d., 1842 From final draft; see 418:31-33: ese itd a dos est uxoria, lites [the dowry of a wife is quarreling] de arte amandi, Lib. Il, v. 15513” Quos humeros, quales vidi tetigique lacertos! Forma papillarum quam fuit apta premi!
Quam castigato planus sub pectore venter! Quantum et quale latus! quam juvenile femur [What shoulders, what arms did I see—and touch! How suited for caress the form of her breasts! How smooth her body beneath the fault- less bosom! What a long and beautiful side! How youthfully fair the thigh]!
From final draft; see 419:21-25: saigatiey a let this parenthesis, which for me contains the whole world, be ended—Pap. III B 162:4 n.d., 1842 Either/Or, I 585 From final draft; see 419:27: Is it two wrestlers locked in an embrace? Are they so close to each other because the one continually wants to tear loose, the other continually wants to prevent it? Is it in farewell that the lips touch each other?—Pap. III B 162:5 n.d., 1842 From final draft; see 420:25-32: M.C.
You are sitting on my lap; we form one figure; from one trunk shoot two branches—Pap. III B 162:6 n.d., 1842 From sketch; see 421:18-22; 423:7-10: What are the acceptable grounds for breaking an engage- ment? On this point every little miss is a shrewd casuist—if the girl was too small,” as a certain man said, if one had not knelt before his fiancée in the momentous moment, consequently, if the most important formalities were disregarded *or too big.
Addition to Pap. 1V B 104: I know a man who actually cited these two grounds. When I protested to him that they could not possibly be regarded as adequate, he answered: Indeed, they are quite adequate. That is, if | had cited what one calls adequate grounds, I would have had to become involved in the endless pro and contra deliber- ations that I have avoided here, for it is impossible for anyone to reply to them.—Pap. III B 105 n.d., 1841-42 In margin of final draft; see 421:18-20: On the subject of breaking an engagement, every little miss is a born casuist—see the little book.'9°—Pap. IIT B 162:7 n.d., 1842 Ul B 107:2 162 NI B 107:2 163 586 Supplement From draft; see 421:31: ee of this kind, and it is the most beautiful day in my life. —Pap. III B 107:1 n.d., 1841-42 From draft; see 422:10-38: I found my place in the middle of this cluster. Tossed about on this sea such as eight young girls are when they are alone like this, if oe is sufficiently careful not to curb them too much by being far too much the cavalier, I was almost beside myself. And now I managed to direct their thoughts to the im- portant question, under what circumstances should an en- gagement be broken. (The situation itself was so beautiful— the young girls—the sun shining in—the coffee) and now this conversation, just as my outer eyes reveled in enjoyment, so also my inner eyes reveled in the wealth of observations; a sin- gle word showed just about how far along they were on the road of love. I continually fanned the flames; brilliance and the esthetic removed the wall between us, and the whole situation took on a somewhat bacchantic tone, yet remained within the bounds of strictest propriety. I have often delighted in Retz’s [sic] etching of Faust,'*° where Faust is dreaming and over him arch the heavens, filled with female figures, just as here. — And now the subject being discussed. By means of it, I had as it were, undermined the whole company; I held them in the palm of my hand, and if I withdrew it, the confusion would have been dreadful.—Pap. III B 107:2 n.d., 1841-42 Continuation of Pap. III B 107:2; see 423:14-28: I submitted a very difficult case for the assembly’s delibera- tion. Someone had broken the engagement because they were not compatible. He was urged to give up this plan and was as- sured that the girl was very fond of him, to which he an- swered: Either we are compatible, and then she will perceive that we are not compatible, or we are not compatible, and then Either/Or, I 587 she will perceive that we are not compatible.—Pap. III B 108 n.d., 1841-42 Deleted from sketch; see 423:5: ee if one could only acquire a new ring, that is, keep the ring of the one with whom one breaks up, then one could col- lect trophies, but one does not do that and only receives one’s own again—it is very tautological.—Pap. HI B 103 n.d., 1841- 42 From final draft; see 424:4: There was a side I forgot to emphasize for her yesterday; it occurred to me immediately after I left, and I kept on thinking about it constantly.—Pap. III B 163:1 n.d., 1842 Deleted from draft: Ordinarily I am able to think rather consistently, but the conclusion that a baby appears because I love a girl is beyond my comprehension; | could speculate myself mad on that— Pap. 111 B 109 n.d., 1841-42 Deleted from draft: I knew a man who took great pride in the fact that no one could have been more watchful over his fiancée than he, just like that Roman consul who never slept during his consul- ship—he had, you see, been engaged only four hours.—Pap. Il B 113 #.d., 1841-42 In margin of final draft; see 427: 1-4: Moreover, I now acquire a decisive voice for putting in a word about engagements. Those who are engaged are biased, as are married people also, since marriage is a continuation of 588 Supplement it, but J and my kind, we are the competent ones.—Pap. III B 163:2 n.d., 1842 From draft; see 427:4-8: So I am free again and also have the advantage of being the object of the young girls’ sympathy. I am a big hit; I am in the position of experiencing that a melancholy-tasting cake has been named after me—I have practiced a sentimental look one sometimes finds in old maids, and I have also noticed it in mar- ket horses, really worn-out nags, whose eyes sometimes have a wildness, a sentimental wildness—Pap. II] B 118 n.d., 1841- 42 In margin of final draft; see 427:9: In margin of final draft; see 427:27: Heading of final draft; see 428: 10-433:12: Some journal remarks that must be included in appropriate places in the eroticist’s diary.—Pap. III B 143:1 n.d., 1842 In margin of final draft; see 428: 10: In margin of final draft; see 433:12: Etther/Or, I 589 In margin of final draft; see 434:12: In margin of final draft; see 435:18: From draft of Anxiety; see 435:32-437:28: In a way it has always seemed remarkable to me that the story of Eve has been completely opposed to all later analogy, for the expression “‘to seduce” used for her generally refers in ordinary language to the man, and the other related expres- sions all point to the woman as weaker (easier to infatuate, lure to bed, etc).* This, however, is easy to explain, for in Genesis it is a third power that seduces the woman, whereas in ordi- nary language the reference is always only to the relationship between man and woman and thus it must be the man who se- duces the woman.
*Note. If anyone has any psychological interest in observa- tions related to this, I refer him to ‘““The Seducer’s Diary” in Either/Or. If he looks at it closely, he will see that this is some- thing quite different from a novel, that it has completely dif- ferent categories up its sleeve, and, if one knows how to use it, it can serve as a preliminary study for a very serious and not exactly superficial research. The Seducer’s secret is simply that he knows that woman is anxious.—]P V 5730 (Pap. V B 53:26) n.d., 1844 See 436:2-14: It takes courage to get married, and we ought not extol vir- ginity—for Diana herself did not remain a virgin because she felt the superiority of the state but because she feared the pains 590 Supplement of giving birth. Indeed, Euripides declares somewhere that he would rather go into battle three times than give birth once.— JP WI 2587 (Pap. Ill A 144) n.d., 1841 In margin of final draft; see 436:24: In margin of final draft; see 437:29: Deleted from journal; see 441:12-17: And when the sun shuts its vigilant eye, when history is over, I will not only wrap up in my cloak but I will throw the night around me like a veil, and I will come to you—I will lis- ten as the savage listens—not for your footsteps but for the beating of your heart.—JP V 5525 (Pap. III A 170) n.d., 1841 From sketch; see 441:32-35: ee: it is altogether right that Margaret catechizes Faust, but he has also appeared as a knight—must poetize himself out and in—Pap. III B 127 n.d., 1841-42 From final draft; see 443:24: Ifit were important to me to evoke a religious impression in her, then at such a moment I would have laid the Bible on the table, and it would never have occurred to me to offer her a sermon.—Pap. HI B 167:3 n.d., 1842 Either/Or, I 591 From sketch; see 444:8-14: Allis still—the bugler at Nerreport pronounces his benedic- tion over the country; it echoes far away*—everything sleeps—only love [Kerlighed] is awake, either beside the sick bed or alone waiting or blissful, dreamy, watchful—people think that love sleeps at night—on the contrary, like other ghosts, it is awake only during the night hours—it has become a ghost—a light beckons me; she hears the signal—the hunter’s call—it is also my call—this call seems to call people into the city; no, it is a blessing I take with me—the light moves—She is setting it in another room so that undisturbed she can look out into the darkness—it is a quarter after eleven—it is still day. Soon it will be night— *he goes inside the gate and his notes echo* even farther away than when he stood outside the gate— *they set the still spirits of the night in motion, and the one generation repeats it to the next—Pap. II B 32 n.d., 1841 In margin of final draft; see 444:12: fences indeed, the love that lives for a scrupulous perform- ance of its domestic duties is not served by the darkness of night; it demands the light of day or a lamp.—Pap. III B 168:1 n.d., 1842 In margin of final draft; see 445:23: Therefore I do not believe such things. I knew a man. He loved a girl, not so much for herself but rather because her clinging so hard to him moved him deeply. He realized that a union was unthinkable at the moment because many difficul- ties stood in the way. He left her; she declared that she could not live without him. He did not allow himself rest night or day until he had everything in order. Then he happily turned his thoughts to her, and lo, she was engaged to someone else. Then he swore eternal hatred of all girls, and if I am not mis- 1 B32 125 I B32 126 tt B 32 125 592 Supplement taken about him he has avenged himself many times.—Pap. III B 168:2 n.d., 1842 From final draft; see 445:32: The attempt would be well worth making, but in that case the beginning would have to be arranged quite differently, since the ending, the retreat, would become the interesting factor upon which everything depended.— EDITORIAL APPENDIX Acknowledgments 595 Collation of Either/Or, Part I, in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard’s Collected Works 597 Notes 603 Bibliographical Note 671 Index 673 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Preparation of manuscripts for Kierkegaard’s Writings is sup- ported by a genuinely enabling grant from the National En- dowment for the Humanities. The grant includes gifts from the Dronning Margrethe og Prins Henrik Fond, the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs, the Augustinus Fond, the Carls- berg Fond, the Konsul George Jorck og Hustru Emma Jorcks Fond, and the A. P. Maller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Mollers Fond.
The translators-editors are indebted to Grethe Kjezr and Ju- lia Watkin for their knowledgeable observations on crucial concepts and terminology.
John Elrod, Per Lonning, and Sophia Scopetéa, members of the International Advisory Board for Kierkegaard’s Writings, have given valuable criticism of the manuscript on the whole and in detail. Jack Schwandt, Pamela Schwandt, Michael Daugherty, Steven Knudson, and Craig Mason have helpfully scrutinized all or parts of the manuscript. The index has been prepared by Kennedy Lemke and Jennie Myers. The entire work has been facilitated by George Coulter and Lavier Mur- ray.
Acknowledgment is made to Gyldendals Forlag for permis- sion to absorb notes to Soren Kierkegaards Samlede Verker.
Inclusion in the Supplement of entries from Soren Kierke- gaard’s Journals and Papers is by arrangement with Indiana Uni- versity Press.
The book collection and the microfilm collection of the Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, have been used in preparation of the text, Supplement, and Editorial Appendix.
The manuscript, typed by Dorothy Bolton and Kennedy Lemke, has been guided through the press by Cathie Brett- schneider.
COLLATION OF EITHER/OR, PART I, IN THE DANISH EDITIONS OF KIERKEGAARD’S COLLECTED WORKS N NR nN wn ww oO & 67 73 598 Editorial Appendix